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First Wave is a Canadian Sci-fi series, which was filmed in Vancouver. It ran from September 9^th 1998, till February 7^th 2001 on the Space Channel in Canada. The show was created and written by American screenwriter Chris Brancato. Francis Ford Coppola was executive producer on the show. The SCI-FI Channel picked the show up late 1998. Later they expanded the order to a 66-episode order. After that the show was cancelled after its third season.

Premise:

Former thief turned security specialist Kincaid Lawrence "Cade" Foster's life was idyllic, with a beautiful wife, good job and a nice house. Unbeknownst to him, a race of extraterrestrials called the Gua have identified him as subject 117 in an Alien experiment - AHX2323 - to test human will. As part of this experiment, his life is systematically ruined, including the murder of his wife, for which he is framed. He is the only one of the 117 subjects to solve the riddles of the experiment and escape arrest to live as a fugitive.

First Wave came after a bunch of Sci-fi shows in the late 90’s. It was a different kind of Sci-fi show than let say Babylon 5, Space: Above and Beyond or Farscape. It was set on Earth where the aliens called The Gua are among humans in the form of hybridized genetic clones and plan to enslave humanity—the first of three "waves" intent on conquering and finally destroying the human race.

With help from Wiki

I remember that I watched most of the first two seasons and at least a big part of the third season. I remember that I like the first season the best, but I cannot go into much more detail than that I’m afraid. It had a good lead cast: Sebastian Spence; Roger Cross; Rob Labelle and in the 4^th season former porn star Tracy Lords was added to the cast.

Physical Media:

Unfortunately the complete series has never been released on DVD or Blu-ray, only the first season has been released in North America in 2011. Recently the first season has also been released in Germany. It is unlikely however that the other two seasons will also get a release.